As part of the College’s continued drive to bring the important issues affecting eye services to the forefront, President Carrie MacEwen, Mark Watts (Chair of Education) and Chris Wall (Lay Group member) attended a meeting with Alastair Burt on 13 April. Discussions centred around the lack of capacity in ophthalmology departments, as highlighted by Carrie in

• 25 April 2016

The GMC has issued a statement regarding the publication of information about doctors who have faced sanctions following fitness to practise investigations.  Following a public consultation the General Medical Council (GMC) is to introduce time limits on how long it publishes information about doctors who have faced sanctions following fitness to practise investigations. From early

• 25 April 2016

Professor Carrie MacEwen’s term of office as President will come to an end in May 2017, so the process for the election of the eleventh College President will commence this autumn. The Election will be conducted by the Electoral Reform Services with the support of the Finance and Operations Department.  Nominations will be sought from

• 25 April 2016

Bayer’s awards programme, the Ophthalmology Honours, aims to recognise clinical excellence and exceptional individuals working in ophthalmology throughout the NHS Bayer’s awards programme, Ophthalmology Honours, is open for entry for a second year.  The awards programme is designed to recognise and celebrate, on an annual basis, the outstanding work being carried out by multi-disciplinary teams

• 25 April 2016

‘Neuro-ophthalmology – The Unmissable’ truly was an unmissable day packed full of useful learning points to take back to the eye clinic. The day was led by expert neuro-ophthalmologists who opened each session with a real case presentation of a patient that they had encountered themselves. Together, with audience participation, they led us step by

• 25 April 2016

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